Improvement in house hoes



@uiten taten strut .ffirm` MOSES CHANDLER, OF OORIN TH, MAIN E, AND JOHN B. NICKLS, OF KENDUS- y KEAG, MAINE, ASSIGNORS TO V, S. PALMER AND .'B. NIGKELS;

Letters Patent No. 62,181, dated February 19,- 1867. i i

IMPROVEMENT, IN Honsnnons.

'ro ALL-WHoM 1T MAY eoNo'ERN: l

Be it known that we, Mesas CHANDLER, of Corinth, and Jenn-B. Nrcxnts, of Kenduskeag, in the county oi Penobscot, and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Improvement in` Horse Hoe; `and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being' had to the accompanyingdrawings, 'forming port of `this specification-in which- I i Figure 1 is a top view of our improved horse hoe.

igurc 2 is o. rear view of thc same. l

` Figure 3 is a detail under side view of a wing, standard, and cap detached from theniachine.

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view of the same, taken through the litre a: zrgrl.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts,

Our invention consists in adjustably attaching the wings or bln-des formed as described to the standards; in the combination of ratchet-teeth with the 'wings and with the standards; in' the combination of pivoted ralteheads with ,the free or rear ends of the wings or blades; in securing the uprights to the adjustable cops by angular bolts and steady-pins; in the combination of stay-braces with Ithe uprights and adjustable cops and in the combination of the adjustable slotted cops and slottedcross-bars having bands around their ends with each other and with the tongue or draught-beam; the whole 'being constructed and arranged as hereinafter more 'fully described. i 4 A A is the tongue or draught-beam of. the machine; B areVcross-bnrs bolted or otherwise securely attached to the draught A. The ends of the cross-liars B are slotted, as shown in fig. 1, for the adjustable attachment of thecapsv C.- D are bands passing around and secured to the ends of the slotted cross-bars B, to' strengthen themand support themageinst the action of the bolts passing through the slots.` '.lhe` caps 'C are secured -to the cross-bars B, by the bolts E and F, and therforwnrd ends, through which the bblts F pass, are slotted so that their positions with reference to said cross-bars'inny be adjusted at pleasure. Gf` are the uprights, to the lower ends of which the blades or wings Hare attnchedfnnd the upper ends of which nre secured to the caps C by the bolts E and steady-pins I. "Ihe bolts E are angular', that is to say they pass horizontally through the body of the uprights G, turn at right ongles, and `poss up through the rear ends of the caps C and through the slots 4in the ends of the rear cross-bar B, -thus at t-he'same time securing the uprights` Gr to the caps C, and the said caps to the cross-bars B, as shown in figs; `1, 2, and 4. The steady-pins I are securely attached to the upper ends of the uprights-G, and enter holes in the under sides of the caps C, as shown in iig. 4 and in dotted lines in figs. 1 4tud 2. J are stay-braces, the lower ends 4ot' which are secured to the'uprghts G, and their upper` ends to thclcups'C, so as to strengthen the said uprights. 'lhe ends of the braces J may be' secured by nuts or in any other substantial manner. H are' the blades or lwings, which are secured to the lower ends of tho uprights G by single bolts, as shown in figs. 2 and 3. The blades or wings H n laybe made adjustable by having i teeth or coge, hl, formed upon or attached to the rear sides of said wings, which take hold of teeth or cogs, g1,

formed upon or attached to the front sides of the lower ends 'of the uprights G, as shown in iig. 3, so that the said wings H may be held securely in any position in which they maybe placed. The lower edges of the forward ends of the blades H, which are attached to the upright-.s G,are made circular, as shown in iig. 2, so as to fur row the ground to the same depth, in whatever position they maybe adjusted. The lower edges of the rear parte of said blades are hollowed out or curved so as to give the desired form to the ridge or4 row being cultivated. K are rake-heads pivoted to the rear ends of the wings or blades H, and which are kept from dropping down too far by the stops hz formed upon or attached to the rear sides of the said blades H. These rakeheads carry i the loose dirt that passes around the end of the blades to the plants being cultivated, and spread it evenly around them.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isf- Y 4 1. Adjustably attaching the wings or blades H, when formed as described, to the uprights G, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

.2 ogm 2. Th combination of teeth or cogs with the blades E and uprgb'ts G, substantially as herein shown and described-and for the purposeset forth. I

3. The combination of the pivoted rake-heads K with the blades or wings H, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose sst forth.

4. Securing the uprights G to the cops 'Grand to'th slotted cross-'bars B, by moans of angular bolts E,and steady-pins I, substantially as herein shown und described. A

5. Th'j combination of the stay-braces J with th-upights'G, and ndjustable caps C, substantially as herein shown und. described. Y

6. The combination of the adjustable` slotted cops C und Avslotted cross-bars B, having bands, D, around their slotted ends, with each other and witbt-he draught-beam A, substantially as hex-cin shown and described. MOSES CHANDLER,

JOHN B. NICKELS.

Witnesses:

'D-.` E. HALL, F. HARVEY.l 

